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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-06
Basque Method of Roasting Eggs.

There is reason in roashn, eggs, y sa, a
an old English proverb, of WI Oh few nov
understand the meaning. 81 think egvS :
are better roasted than boiled" said tho
Basque landlady of country inn to mo
Though l often boil them as being le.9
trouble" Whereupon / AT "ace got her
to roast me some. A smooth place is
swept on the hearth, not 100 near tho
fire; on this the eggs are de osited, thea
gently round them is scraped little cir-
cular wall of hot embers. The ccoi-
busted herself about other work, but in u
few minutes returned, her thumb and
middle finger touch the extreme ends &C
the eggs, dexterous twist, md the egg
was spinning like a tcetoturl. That EGG
was done and was at once tut into the
folds of n clean. warm, W ite napkin;
another was tried, but that { Clly wabiied
ungracefully. mot cooked yet" was
the verdict. The embers 'braise) aTe
raked a little closer round it and very
soon it spins as well as the other end
shares its fate. 1t looks SO easy and The
eggs never seem to have the least incDn2-
ton to move out of their charmed circle;
but let stranger try, especially if he is
a foreigner and of the masculine pCrsua-
sion, and the usual result is that lie is
hopping about the room Blowing his
burnt fingers and the egg lies smashed ia
the middle of the floor. This is why
"there is reason in roasting" " though
it looks the easiest of ell possible oper0-
tions. s.-London Queen.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-06
THE MOSQUE OF OMAR.
Exquisite Appearance and Trappinss OF
Place of Worship.

Place of Worship.
The mosque of Omar is beautiful: its
walls are adorned with marbles of deli
cate colors, and the dome is rooted with
tiles of brilliant blue, and some green
and yellow. The effect from the Mount
of Olives is of turquoise dome roofing
walls Of pearls. 1t stands nigh; white
pavesents and tall expresses around;
steps lead down to other courts, once the
court of the Gentiles, the court of the
great brazen laver, etc., and olives and
grass of emerald green, and abundant
wild flowers, cover the nakedness where
Solomon's offerings had enriched the en-
trance ground between the golden gate
and the eastern walls of the temple it.
self.
Inside the mosque is exquisite. A
circle of marble pillars inclose the verita-
bic rough rock top of Mount Moriah, and
support the inner part of the dome,
which is rich in mosaic worthy to be
compared with that in Santa Maria Mag
giore in Rome. Portals and partitions,
inlaid with tortoise shell, mother of pearl
and ivory, divide the little side chapels
from the central passageway between
them and the sacred rock, the scene of
Abraham's awful obedience and of the
sacrifices which interpreted to men and
made them partakers of the one great
sacrifice of the Son of God. We saw the
opening cut in the rock for the escape of
the sacrificed blood, and, descending into
the excavation below, we found SINH
lar opening communicating with duet
which discharged into a cesspool by the
Brook Kedron.
We crossed the outer southern court,
and passing the fountain supplied by the
water at its grander predecessor on the
backs of the brazen oxen, we descended
beneath the present mosque, Ell Aksar,
close to the Mosque of Omar, into the
very same gallery which led to the old
temple from the south, and up which
our Lord walked again and again nswhen
he was here. 1t is now half filled with
rubbish and earth, but the ceiling is still
SO high above that we needed 10 be re-
minded that the ground level is far
down under the rubble. The pillars in
single, solid blocks, the round keystone
in the roof, and the lintels of long single
stones are witnesses of the glory which
has departed. Leaving this gallery we
climbed the city walls by the Golden
Gate and, walking south at the angle of
the walls, we descended underground
into the stables of Solomon. That they
may have been utilized by him, and cer-
tainly were by the Crusaders, the halter
rings declare; but it seems that the
original intention was to raise the level
of the valley, and the thick forest of pill
lars are chiefly for support.-Quiver.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-06

A gentleman informs us that he noticed
today in creek near the western bound
ary of town six small boys, ranging In
age from to 12 years, who were engaged
in mining. They had an old fashioned
rocker like the pioneers used, and the way
those youngsters worked would surprise
any one who has ever noticed the look of
discomfort that comes over the average
boys face when he is asked to do work
around home. Their countenances beamed
with satisfaction and dirt, and they were
on the jump. One boy managed the
rocker, another stood knee deep in a pool
and with long handled dipper made of
lard can nailed on to a broomstick
poured water into the rocker, while the
others busted themselves picking, shovel
ing, and carrying dirt to the rocker. The
boys are evidently trying to raise stake
for the fair.-Nevada City Cali Herald,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-06
A Birds Strange Antics.

The cock of tho rock il, next to the
crane, the bird of the W. soern henlis-
phere noted for the stan ,eness Of its
evolutions. When the breeding season
begins ten or twenty Of ne birds will
orm ring, facing inv al. 4 small
bird takes its place in tie ater and be-
gins to hop about, toss its head. hit its
wings, and go through ali the strange
movements possible, which appear TO 10
watched with great inteross by the rest.
When the performer is { orougAiy *
hausted he retires TO the circle and ALL
other bird enters the RIM. and 70 on,
until all have been put through their
PAGES, when the pairs psJbably make
their selection. Often the birds are 90
exhausted after the dances nat they can
hardly fly, lying painting on the rocks
Chicago News.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-06
The biggest Bell in the World.

The biggest bell in the world has been
hung in Cologne cathedral, and christ
ened "Gloriosa" by the archbishop with
great ceremony. This ''kaiserglocke"
(empefor's belD is Emperor William 8
gift, and is cast from twenty-five French
cannon captured in the Franco-Prussian
war. 1t bears the German arms and two
inscriptions. One, in Latin, expresses
the emperor's gratitude for the divine
mercy in granting him victory; the
other, in German, declares: Il am the
emperor's bell, and proclaim his glory.
fill a sacred post, and 1 pray heaven to
grant peace and prosperity to the German
empire. Chicago News.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-06

had been quarried from the frozen rivers
of the north, but fathers house with
wide hearth cracking hearty welcome.
A religion Of warmth and inspiration,
and light, and cheer, something we can
take into our hearts, and homes, and
business, recreations, and joys and sor-
rows. Not an unmanageable gift like the
galley presented to Ptolemy, which re-
quired four thousand men to row, and
its draught of water was SO great that it
could not come near the shore, but some
thing you can run up any stream of an
noyance, however shallow. Enrichment
now, enrichment foreverl
Right about face! for you are going III
the wrong direction. While you are in
favorable mood for it enter into life
Here and just now decide everything that
makes for peace and heaven. Agassiz
says that he has stood at one place in the
Alps where he could throw chip into
the water in one direction and it would
roll on into the German ocean, or he
could throw a chip into the water in an
other direction and it would reach the
Black sea by the Danube, or he could
throw chip in another direction and ct
would enter the Mediterranean by the
Rhone. How far apart the Mediterra-
mean and the Black sea and the German
ocean! Standing today on this Alps of
Gospel privilege you can project your
soul into right currents, and it will roll
on into the ocean of life, or project it in
the wrong direction and it will roll into
the sea of death. But how far apart the
two distances! May God help us to ap-
preciate more and more the momentous
meaning of our text! The seven wise
men of Greece were chiefly known each
for one apophthegm; Solon for the saying,
''Know thyself;" Periander for the say
ing, Nothing is impossible to industry"
Chilo for the saying, Consider the end;"
Thales for the saying, ''Suretyship is the
precursor of ruin;" and Paul, distin-
gJlished for thousand utterances, might
well afford to be memorable for the say
ing, ''You know the grace Of our Lord
Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich,
yet for your sakes became poor, that ye
through his poverty might be rich"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-06

Every evening at dusk from 500 to
1000 children collect on Broadway, in
front of the ruins of P. J. Keary &
Brothers toy house at No. 343, two
doors above Worth street. The building
was burned on July Q. Workmen are
digging out the debris, and the children
gather there to secure the treasures of
young life. Horns, whistles, and all
sorts Of toys are turned up by the work
men. The children toot the horns, make
life weary to the passers by with hundreds
of whistles, and it is along toward mid
night before they scamper off to their
homes in the side streets.-New York
Suu
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-06

The Passion play at Oberammergau will
not be performed again till 1890, but dur
ing the last month the villagers have been
giving a series of dramatic representations
in the their theatre Of Muller's drama,
Emperor Otto the Great and His House, :"
in which the role of emperor was taken
by the woodcarver Mayer, who takes the
part of Christ in the Passion play. The
costumes and scenery, all of which were
much admired by the prince regent of
Bavaria. who recently drove over from
his hunting lodge in the vicinity and was
present at the performance, were made
and painted in the village. - Home
Journal
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-06

The othe? night a. ] a,. in the DIN
light Of the lantern waiting or bed ard
bedtime 10 come n sulcGn 4 rc cHtell i
my room, and kneyl'ng hel n me struck
its forehead three times - Ie floor, -
peating at each cDcsJnt the ,--'.o
''Waslringtonl Was'u-is,s.! W2sA.o,c-
toni" was, indeed, til-. by Gur'ri7e,
but I recovered in time {, teply IN ;ho
same stately manner, IN nagai No.
bunaga! Nobunaga!" muc TO the ovi-
dent satisfaction Of the ro, which,
after surveying me for ~. Tins, took
leave after again repeating name.
was at first inclined TO nix this ap-
partition of political significance predict
ing my speedy elevation to he pres.don-
tial chair at Washington, but the pirl
who brought my futon & lding, et, }
told me it was the host 3 II, who l.. i
read a great deal and ha6 come to pay
his compliments to me as al America.
Toxic Cor. Sacramento + Sord.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-06
Destruction of Food Fish.

The Philadelphia Times severely de-
nounces the s'menheden pirates," as it
terms them, for the destruction which
they cause to food fish, especially along
the Jersey coast. The menhaden fisher
men frequent the numerous bays and in
lets where the food fish swarm, and they
are, it says, destroying sheepshead, weak
fish, king fish, blue fish, mackerel, and
all the fine food fish with alarming rapid
ity, and they threaten not only to ruin
the livelihood Of the market fisherman,
but the sport of many thousands of sea-
side visitors who are likely to try the
hook and line.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-06
New York's "Whyo" Gang.

The members of the New York ''Whyo"
gang travel ordinarily in fours, and their
yell, which gives them their name,
sounds like this: s'Why-o-o-Or" Their
dialect is Choctaw to the uninitiated. For
instance, schooner of beer is 'sbasin, :"
a month in Jail is a ''stone," week is a
''brick" and the favorite oath of some of
The blackguards is, ''If did dat may l
be as low as me mudder." Daniel Lyons,
the leader of the gang, who was shot by
a saloon keeper in row, was buried in
unconsecrated ground. His sister at the
burial cried out, piteously: 80 Danny!
o Danny, that you should come to this!
No priest, no sacrament, no holy ground'
A dozen "Whyos' are now in the
Tombs. They seem to be simply a fuller
development of the ordinary hoodlum.-
Boston Transcript.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-06
A Week OF Self Denial.

The Salvation army recently needed
$4,000 for its work, and raised the
amount in one week by what is called ''a
week of self denial" It didn't have a
single ice cream party or sacred concert
or supper. Is there not here practical
lesson?-Public Opinion.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-06
A Most Natural T. gly.

Suppose you, the reader we're asked if
you would accept the pres -cntial nomi-
nation if rendered, your most natural
answer would be Eyes, if there is any
prospect that / can be elected" Eat
you never catch a prominent politician
giving so plain an answer to a dnact
question. PHILADELPHIA Inquirer.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-06

A coyote in Walla Walla was attacked
by an immense hawk that hit him fair on
the back of the head. The coyote would
duck his head, then make snap at the
hawk, but could not reach it, and at the
end of twenty minutes was literally
pecked to death.-New York Sun.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-06

The ,recent discovery of several valu-
able springs of different mineral waters
in Costa Rica has caused the government
to issue decree declaring all such to be
the property of the state, and ordering
that in future none shall be transferred
to private Chicago Times.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-06

Great Britain has 1000 Bands of Hope
and Juvenile Temperance societies, with
an aggregate membership of 1,600, 600.
The queen recently received in person a
Jubilee address from the United Kingdom
Bands of Hope,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-06

Judging from the following advertise
inent in the Deseret News of Salt Lake
City, the Mormons are a little particular
As to who their neis shbors shall be: House
and Lot for Sale-Lot 1-2 by 10 rods;
house rooms, buttery, and closet; good
WELL Very cheap to Latter Day Saint.
No other need apply. New York Sun.
In the entire republic of Mexico during
the month Of July seven foreigners, all
told, were naturalized. They were three
Italians, two Spaniards, one Frenchman
and one German.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-06

The recent issue of Panama canal stock
brought only sos, 200, 900 instead of $45,-
900, 900, which it was expected would BE-
realized.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-06

Rev. DR.. Talmage's Sermon Last Sunday
HIOrning-Other Worlds Than Ours In
habitable-The Religion of Christ Not
an Abstraction.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-07
BRIGHT BITS.

MorTo for policeman-Be sure he's tight,
then club his head.-L01ee3t C5t{=sa.
ST. LOUIS claims to have the largest shoe
house in the United states. Why not: Look
at the size OF the shoes.-Chic1g, Nelos.
WATCH has been invented to carry in
your boot while travelling. This keeping time
with the feet was always objected to- YoHk-
ers Statesman.
HOTEL PORTER ITO gentleman in the wash
rooml-Is yo' a guest oh de hotel, sir"
Gentleman paying s. day)-Guest? No,
I'm victm.-Fuck.
TIE largest diamond known ia that of the
Rajah of NATHAN. in BOrneo. 1t is not stated
whether Mr.. Raiah IS summer resort hotel
clerk or an end man IN a minstrel troupe
A0T75a,c10R Heydld.
JAB8ER-That's a very killing bonnet your
wife wore to the theatre last evening.
Jlber-So / understand. The fellow who
sat behind her nearly twisted his neck of try
ing to see around it.-LD1oeU citizen.
1T Is prafessed that persons characters can
be read by tAe lines IN their hands. This is
often true, for you can tell horseman by the
lines IN his hands and an industrious girl by
her clothes-line p Hdde'phia Herald.
WIFE-Henry, didn't hear you bet your
boots on the election with Squeers2
Husband-1-Y-yes, my dear. l believe you
did.
Wife-Wen. I'd like to know what Pm 60
ing to do for seat to Willie pants.-Judgs.
AT TIE CLUB-"Upon nv soul. Dobson,
you are the dismale't company I know of
since that Brown girl gave you your congo. l
never saw fe low take the mitten so wretch
edlv.'
"Wetchedly! Haw! Wetchedisn't aname
faw it. You can, aw, fawncy how wetched
am when tell you |, aw. don't cayaw wap
now my Jaw, bweeches fit me "-Taa ca Topics.
Young HUsBASD-It does seem to me you
might learn 10 cook better than that. My
mother -
Young wfe-There, that will do: refrain
from learning how to cook on principle.
ION! you do! Thinking Of me, of course"
mo. of my son."
"Son?"
Eyes, DON'T intend lie shall ever make any
nice girl miserable Dragging about my cook
ing. "-Omdha Void.
AS those who have been to his Office know,
Gen. Black. Commissioner of Pensions has a
pure Ethiopian, with interchangeable skin, for
his dOorkeeper, and very good doorkeeper
he is.
Recently Congressman O'Donnell went up
to the Commissioners Office and, meeting the
black man at the door, he stopped.
Are you Gen. Black" he said. banterInglY.
mo. sah,' replied the doorkeeper. Use not
Gen. Black. Ise iis' plain, common black, sab
Gen. Blacks inside, sah'
The Congressman gave the doorkeeper 8
cigar and went inside Washin0t n Cyttsc..
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-07
ALegend of Good St. Valentine.

From HqyDe s TJr February.
ST. Valentine at Peters gate
Did knock W tn might and MAN.
Let me out for once, ere It's too late;
My time has come again."
Then Peter slowly turned the key,
And let the good saint 90.
1t was the fourteenth of Februaree,
And the ground was white with snow.
The saint he smiled as he paced Broadway,
His teeth CLEANED clear aud pearly.
For he actually hadn't been out in broad day
Since in the third century-early.
But love-" thought he, land life and youth
Are surely the same as of yore.
Ell just go around and discover the truth,
And make things as nice, If not more"
He really expected to be amused
When he paid his first morning cal;
But the ladies "begged to be excused
They'd been all night at a ball.
SO the saint IN wonder turned away,
AND bravely tried once more,
But here they all had visits 10 pay,
And the footman showed him the door.
But he still kept on. and tried all kinds
The good, the grave, the busy;
He saw ali sorts of brains and minds,
Till they fairly turned him dizzy,
For one was practcing Mendelssohn
Alone in her maiden bower;
Another was carving an old dry bone,
While third read Schopenhauer.
fourth in water and oils could paint
All things beneath and above;
A nth IN good works WAS a perfect saint;
But they'd none OF 'em time to love,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-07
Types at the Capitai-The Old Southern
GentIem
From the Ne1o York Star.

From the N6lC York Star.
There is something pathetic in the appear
anCe, habits and mode of life of a certain tvue
of southerner stranded here. Right here
must say that the colonel" who inlests the
corridors of the hotel Is not my man. ON
the contrary, he Is altogether a different sort
OF character. he is unconventional and I'M
fashionable to a uegree in his dress, and Will
probably wear little one side. a slOuched
hat, caved in on top. pulled down in front and
pulled up behind. to the end OF his days. A
silk nat To him Is suggestive Of a negro min
strel band parading the town or a drummer
for paper collar company. He wears a
black silk tie from one generation to another,
and wore rufiied shirt boom in his youth.
HIS coat 10 always a double breasted black
Droadcloth, with trousers to match, and both
garments look well worn and iii fitting. Moth
ing would induce him to wear his coat but
toned up, and his vest never is entirely but
toned. His linen 10 ALWAYS clean, his voice
quite low. and his manner is a quaint mixture
OF old fashioned Difference ana galantry.
Nothing could be more delightful than his
manner to women. II they were so many
valuable peachblow vases he couldn't exhibit
greater care and appreciation of their per-
sons, wishes and characters. His reverence
for the petticoat IL q religion with him His
prehistoric compliments and deierentlal
bearing when in theircompany is a relic the
Chesterfield era Of department.. He goes but
little into society and looks upon 1t as a well
dressed mob only. Now and then ne will be
seen at reception, looking very shy and
lonely, while this fashionable whlrl is surging
around him, and he will make a few depreCa-
tory nervous efforts TO take a hand in the
exercises, but will end By slipping out as
quietly As he slipped in. He may have been
in Congress and certainly was in the wSr,
and his record is brave and clean He is al
ways kin to the quality" where he came
from. lie has, however. long slnee drited
away from his former provinclf1c5ncorug
aud been washed ashore aud ENybe Wre9ked
here, where his friends. his couf11< tlH .StcR
tor, or his nephew, the membtf. ~ M cI&s,-
mate at West Point or the uffveit1<t4 k*k -.
cured him snug head OF a burc4o ~ <1i<f ~
division place in the DEPARTING mt q hf11&f1er1
or SenIle Service, tanaf8sw,
He lives in pretty little house on an Out 4
of-the-way quarter, obivious OF the uhf4< ~,
ionable neiGnoOrhood and d1erent tosttc''
halowed ground OF the British Embassy avn
its power to give him caste or tone Hi$s
circle If small, his recreations few. A vie,t.
now and then to the Virginia Springs, where
lie meets an army OF kin and a regiment 81
people who nave the highest regard FOR him
and fancy him great W ashington ufsrftft
seeking rcpose from the Titanic inten<rfA&1
combats with the great of tho 4>4-'wIfh
whom he Is supposed TO en- crtain lie oi4>@1tu
and most chum-lik relations. when 81 z4et.
! he q long since lost sight Of them all.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-07
Her Bright Smile Hauuts him Still.

From the Indianapolis Urn 4.
There is a rule forbidding spectators in the
Senate galleries from hanging their topcoat
or other garments over the iron ratings that
protect the front row of seats. for fear that
an apple or some other concealed weapon
might fall upon the bald head of a Senatorial
millionaire. This prohibition is almost as old
and quite as sacred as the Mosaic law; IN
tact, the latter is not so strictly enforced in
the Senate, The other morning Mrs Cleveland
and young lady, who is her guest, went to
the capitol ana took the seat that is always
kept vacant for the use of the Presidents
wife, should she at any time favor the CO.
ordinate branch with the blessing of her
presence. Probably Mrs. Cleveland is not
familiar with the traditions of the Senate; if
she Is, she unCOnsciously violated them by the
throwing OF her seal-skin sacque, trimmed
with Russian sable.over the balustrade. There
1t lay for several moments, until IL was OBJ
served by one of the Arguses that protect the
senatorial dignity, who. trembling with
emotion. strobe down to the seat behind her
and whispered in her ear. The Presidents
wife graSped her mantle promptly, threw it
upon the seat behind her. and then, turning
to the agtated Argus. begged his pardon with
fsmle that he Will carry around with him
all the rest OF his life.